Título: Architects of Emortality
Autor: Brian Stableford
Sinopse: Brian Stableford launched an ambitious future history series with Inherit the Earth, to widespread praise. "Stableford has created in this novel a totally believable world, and wrapped it around a series of mysterious events, surprise revelations, double crosses, confused motivations, rumors, lies, plots, and counterplots. . . . Tightly controlled and suspenseful throughout," said Science Fiction Chronicle. Library Journal said, "The ethical questions posed by the prospect of conquering the aging process underscore this fast-paced SF adventure, adding depth to a story that will appeal to fans of high-tech SF and conspiracy theories." This future world is a complex society obsessed with the technology of life extension and on the brink of creating true immortals. Now, in Architects of Emortality, Stableford gives us a story set hundreds of years in the future, filled with people who can hope for 300-year lifespans and a fortunate few whose lives will be in the thousands of years. This society is on the edge of radical change, where people have the time to develop eccentric lifestyles and personal obsessions, a world sometimes reminiscent of the distant future of Michael Moorcock's Dancers at the End of Time series. And there has been a series of murders that threaten the future stability of the world, murders executed by bioengineered flowers. Police officers Watson and Holmes investigate, but the central figure quickly becomes the amateur detective Oscar Wilde, a student of history who has taken on the persona of his namesake. And the question is not so much who the murderer is, but how and why. Filled with memorable characters and powerful and striking images of the richly altered world of the future, Architects of Emortality is a satisfying and complete story that also adds depth and detail to the evolving series.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Architects of Emortality”, de Brian Stableford, publicado pela editora Tor Science Fiction, em 2000 e com 368 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Tor Science Fiction
Páginas: 368
Ano: 2000
Edição: First Edition
Linguagem: pt_BR
ISBN: 9780812576436
ISBN13: 9780812576436
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Tor Science Fiction convidam o leitor a explorar universos onde conflitos intergalácticos, dilemas éticos e avanços tecnológicos se entrelaçam em narrativas de ritmo intenso e personagens complexos. A experiência de leitura frequentemente envolve jovens protagonistas em ambientes de treinamento militar ou em missões que testam a lealdade e a humanidade diante de ameaças alienígenas ou crises políticas. O catálogo revela uma predileção por histórias que combinam ação e reflexão, ora apresentando intrigas políticas em impérios espaciais, ora focando em desafios pessoais e sociais em futuros distantes. A variedade se manifesta também no tom, que pode oscilar entre o épico e o mais intimista, com algumas obras adotando um ritmo acelerado e outras explorando a construção detalhada de mundos e sistemas sociais.
